Why does Windows limit icon overlays to 15?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1166577/...

Question links:
[Why are Icon Overlays (from 3rdParty-Apps) not showing up in the Win8 Explorer?]: https://superuser.com/questions/542116/w...
[Can I prevent the change of overlay icons?]: https://superuser.com/questions/1042865/...

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